Total Synthesis of (+)-irciniastatin A (a.k.a. Psymberin) and (-)-irciniastatin B

Overview

Journal J Org Chem

Publisher American Chemical Society

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2013 Mar 21

PMID 23510264

Citations 4

Authors

Chihui An

Jon A Jurica

Shawn P Walsh

Adam T Hoye

Amos B Smith 3rd

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Abstract

A unified synthetic strategy to access (+)-irciniastatin A (a.k.a. psymberin) and (-)-irciniastatin B, two cytotoxic secondary metabolites, has been achieved. Highlights of the convergent strategy comprise a boron-mediated aldol union to set the C(15)-C(17) syn-syn triad, reagent control to set the four stereocenters of the tetrahydropyran core, and a late-stage Curtius rearrangement to install the acid-sensitive stereogenic N,O-aminal. Having achieved the total synthesis of (+)-irciniastatin A, we devised an improved synthetic route to the tetrahydropyran core (13 steps) compared to the first-generation synthesis (22 steps). Construction of the structurally similar (-)-irciniastatin B was then achieved via modification of a late-stage (-)-irciniastatin A intermediate to implement a chemoselective deprotection/oxidation sequence to access the requisite oxidation state at C(11) of the tetrahydropyran core. Of particular significance, the unified strategy will permit late-stage diversification for analogue development, designed to explore the biological role of substitution at the C(11) position of these highly potent tumor cell growth inhibitory molecules.

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